Permanent Closure of Otley Clinic and Horsforth Clinic
Due to changes in the local health and social care system, we have been reviewing the LCH estate and have made the decision to officially close Otley Clinic and Horsforth Clinic.
For safety reasons, in 2016 (Horsforth) and 2018 (Otley) we moved clinical services temporarily out of the buildings. Because of this, Horsforth Clinic has been closed to the public for 8 years and is being used mainly for storage, and Otley Clinic currently has no face-to-face patient clinics or appointments and is being used only by the local Neighbourhood Team for desk space, handovers, and tea/meal breaks.
We know that the improvement work or ongoing maintenance costs for the buildings do not represent the best value for local residents who have had alternative ways to receive their care for some time. Therefore, the best action we can take is to permanently stop using the buildings but keep them in good condition so that they can be sold as soon as possible and used again.
The clinical services we moved out of the buildings in 2016 and 2018 were:
Horsforth Clinic:
- Podiatry (foot health)
- Speech and Language Therapy
- 0-19 Public Health Integrated Nursing Services (this was known as Health Visiting)
- Horsforth Neighbourhood Team (which joined together with Holt Park Neighbourhood Team)
Otley Clinic:
- Improved Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) - this service is now known as NHS Talking Therapies, part of Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service.
- Podiatry (foot health)
- Speech and Language Therapy
- 0-19 Public Health Integrated Nursing Service (this was known as Health Visiting)
- Children’s Audiology
- CUCs
- Woundcare
- Cardiac
No clinical services have been offered from Horsforth Clinic since 2016 or from Otley Clinic since 2018. For patients, they now receive their care in other ways suited to their individual needs (other local health centre, in their home, online appointment) which is working well. For staff, we have other buildings in better condition that our healthcare teams can work from.